Dictionary

shy

—adj.1. bashful; retiring.
2. easily frightened away; timid.
3. suspicious; distrustful: I am a bit shy of that sort of person.4. reluctant; wary.
5. deficient: shy of funds.6. scant; short of a full amount or number: still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet.7. (in poker) indebted to the pot.
8. not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
9. fight shy of, to keep away from; avoid: She fought shy of making the final decision.

—v.i.1. (esp. of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
2. to draw back; recoil.